PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ezequiel Afshar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedro Emeliandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Afshar
vs
Emeliandez

192 cm
25
290 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

196 cm
25
263 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ezequiel Afshar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fedro Emeliandez!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emeliandez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Afshar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Emeliandez.
Emeliandez blocks a jab.
Afshar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Emeliandez throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Afshar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Afshar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Emeliandez circles away quickly and effectively.
Afshar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Afshar fails to land with a series of punches.
Afshar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Emeliandez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Afshar throws an overhand right that lands on Emeliandez's shoulder, as Emeliandez tries to avoid the shot.
Afshar throws a right and a left that Emeliandez avoids nicely.
Afshar misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Afshar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Emeliandez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Emeliandez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Emeliandez.
Emeliandez avoids the body shot from Afshar.
Afshar throws a nice looking combination but Emeliandez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Afshar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Afshar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Afshar is breathing heavily.
Emeliandez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Emeliandez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Afshar throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Afshar misses with a wild combination.
Emeliandez throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A nice leg kick lands there from Emeliandez.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Emeliandez connects with a leg kick. Afshar looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Emeliandez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Emeliandez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Afshar's face.
Afshar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Emeliandez tries to land knees in the clinch but Afshar avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Emeliandez.
Afshar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Emeliandez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Emeliandez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Emeliandez misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emeliandez tries to land a knee to the head but Afshar blocks with his arms.
Emeliandez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Emeliandez misses with a knee to the head.
Emeliandez working Afshar over with knees to the body.
Emeliandez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Emeliandez working Afshar over with knees to the body.
Emeliandez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Afshar is defending well for now.
Emeliandez tries a knee to the head but Afshar blocks it.
Emeliandez trying to land knees to the body.
Emeliandez tries a knee to the head but Afshar blocks it.
Emeliandez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Afshar is defending well for now.
Afshar is trying to push Emeliandez away but Emeliandez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A frustrated look appears on Afshar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Afshar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emeliandez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Afshar.
Emeliandez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Afshar blocks it with crossed arms.
Emeliandez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Afshar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Afshar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Afshar wants to get back to striking at distance but Emeliandez won't allow it.
Emeliandez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Emeliandez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Afshar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Afshar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emeliandez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Afshar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Afshar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Emeliandez tries a knee to the head but Afshar blocks it.
A short left from Afshar.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Afshar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Afshar throws a combination. Emeliandez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Afshar throws a series of punches but Emeliandez moves out of range.
Afshar misses with a hook. Emeliandez ducked under it nicely.
Afshar checks the leg kick nicely there.
Afshar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Afshar misses with a few strikes there.
Afshar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Emeliandez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Afshar drops Emeliandez with a beautiful combination! Emeliandez stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Afshar is looking for the KO!

Emeliandez is rocked!
Emeliandez slips a jab from Afshar.
Emeliandez is still on wobbly legs! Can Afshar finish him?
Afshar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Emeliandez seems to have recovered his senses.
Afshar swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Afshar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Emeliandez.
Afshar fails to land with a series of punches.
Emeliandez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Afshar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Emeliandez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Afshar takes a swing at Emeliandez's ribcage but misses.
Nice body kick there by Emeliandez.
Emeliandez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Afshar.
Emeliandez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Afshar.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Afshar crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Emeliandez - the referee stops the clock and Afshar gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Emeliandez. Afshar manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
An inside leg kick lands from Emeliandez.
Emeliandez avoids the head kick by Afshar.
A nice leg kick lands there from Emeliandez.
Afshar throws a series of punches but Emeliandez avoids them all with ease.
Emeliandez scores with a head kick.
Emeliandez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Emeliandez lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Afshar has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Afshar and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Emeliandez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Afshar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Emeliandez delivers a nice body kick.
Afshar throws a leg kick but Emeliandez moved away.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Afshar throws a right and a left that both miss.
A solid body kick from Emeliandez.
Emeliandez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Emeliandez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ezequiel Afshar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emeliandez connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Afshar misses with a straight right.
Afshar misses with a kick to the body.
Emeliandez connects with an inside leg kick.
Afshar will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Afshar scores with a jab to the body.
Emeliandez scores with a push kick.
Emeliandez moves out of range of the strikes.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Emeliandez scores with a spinning back kick!
Emeliandez connects with an inside leg kick.
Emeliandez throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Afshar misses with a two punch combination.
Afshar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Emeliandez. Emeliandez obviously looking to wear him down.
Afshar stalks Emeliandez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Emeliandez's face. Emeliandez staggers backwards, shaken.
That kick from Emeliandez tenderised Afshar's leg. Afshar is trying to keep his angry face on.
Afshar has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Emeliandez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A thudding body kick lands there by Emeliandez!
Afshar misses with a straight right.
Emeliandez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Fedro Emeliandez.
I think Emeliandez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Fedro Emeliandez!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Fedro Emeliandez!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Fedro Emeliandez!

Fedro Emeliandez wins by unanimous decision!
Fedro Emeliandez tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.